Mermaid School by Joanne Stewart Wetzel - ADVISABLE

Mermaid School by Joanne Stewart Wetzel, illustrated by Julianna Swaney. PICTURE BOOK. Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. $18. 9780399557163

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

It is the first day of school for a group of mermaids and they are bit nervous. Told in rhyming text, this book walks through the activities of the first day of school underwater, but they are very similar to the activities in an out of water classroom. 

This book is sweet. I love the very first interaction of the book between two mermaids who don’t know the others, but make an effort to meet them. This would be a fun first day of school book, probably for a pre-school classroom. 

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher